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Welcome to the home of the step by step creative online tutorial. Here you will find detailed, easy-to-understand steps accompanied by screen shots. These tutorials are liable to be about anything from my current project to something that drove me nuts trying to figure out. It is my hope that the things I can convey here will save you time and frustration.

If there's something that you'd like to see written up, please feel free to let me know

Enhancing the Sunrise

Gradient Map Your Way to a Beautiful Sunrise

Not much has gone on in the way of travel since I got back from San Francisco for Macworld Expo. That being said, my husband and I did drive to Long Island, NY this past Friday to shoot the Fire Island Lighthouse at dawn the following morning.

However, going out specifically for a photo shoot is a rather new experience for us, and this one taught me several things:

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The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1 Lesa's Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Tips
Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1 Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone!
Repainting Cabinets in Photoshop and Elements Turning a photo into an illustration or watercolor Fall Painterly Effect
Place a photo inside text Easy Clipping Groups How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles
Playful Panoramas How to repaint an object using the Hue mode Quick Color Change
Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper
How to make your text see-through Hollow Text Ordering business cards online
Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes Fun with Elements Effects
The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3 How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect
Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe
Creating Favicons Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1
Fade to White Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2 Super Funky Edges
Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Channel your way to a perfect silhouette Super Silhouettes
Pixel Super Sleuthing How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue
How to create black teeth, red eyes, and green skin Halloween Fun with Elements Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale
Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2
How to create an animated 3D gif Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People
Burn baby burn! Creating a Circuit Board Face
Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words
Removing antennas and power lines Spot Healing Brush to the Rescue! Placing Text Behind an Object
How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight!
The No-Name Photo Effect Polaroid in a Picture
Let Your Graphics Do the Talking Secret Layer Masks

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